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A numerical calculation problem leading to Inf or NaN in matlab

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I want to calculate the exact value of , where and λ is a very large positive number. Obviously, we have the bound ,and therefore .
However, in reality, for example, if , due to the large λ, we have and the matlab will treat it as 0 and .
On the other hand, if , due to the large λ, we have a very large and matlab will treat the sum as Inf and . So how to avoid the above two cases and get the exact value of F in matlab?
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David Goodmanson
David Goodmanson il 21 Lug 2024
Hi HZ,
(1/lam) log( (x1^lam)*(1 + (x2/x1)^lam + (xn/x1)^lam) )
= log(x1) + (1/lam)*log(1 + (x2/x1)^lam + (xn/x1)^lam))

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Torsten
Torsten il 20 Lug 2024
Spostato: Torsten il 20 Lug 2024
log2(norm(x,lambda))
does not work ?
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Torsten
Torsten il 21 Lug 2024
Modificato: Torsten il 21 Lug 2024
Maybe rewriting the expression as
1 / (1 + (x2/x1)^lambda + ... + (xn/x1)^lambda)*u1 +
(x2/x1)^lambda / (1 + (x2/x1)^lambda + ... + (xn/x1)^lambda)*u2 +
(x3/x1)^lambda / (1 + (x2/x1)^lambda + ... + (xn/x1)^lambda)*u3 +
...
(xn/x1)^lambda / (1 + (x2/x1)^lambda + ... + (xn/x1)^lambda)*un
can help.
If not, please give an example for x, u and lambda where the computation fails.

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson il 20 Lug 2024
If you need the exact value, calculate using the Symbolic Toolbox.
However, it is questionable what meaning to assign to the exact value of log2 of an expression. It is highly likely that log2 will be an transcendental number -- something that you cannot calculate the exact decimal representation for.

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